clay: meaning and definitions

A fine-grained, firm earthy material that is plastic when wet and hardens when heated, consisting primarily of hydrated silicates of aluminum and widely used in making bricks, tiles, and pottery.

A hardening or nonhardening material having a consistency similar to clay and used for modeling.

Geology A sedimentary material with grains smaller than 0.002 millimeters in diameter.

Moist sticky earth; mud.

The human body as opposed to the spirit.